GFest Online 2020: An online music festival devoted to the classical guitar and its heritage, past, present and future. TONIGHT'S PROGRAM:
PART 1: Aytahn Benavi (BGFest’19 Competition Winner)
1. Capricho de Goya #1 by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco [00:12]
2. Rondo #2 in A minor by Dionisio Aguado [4:52]
3. Collectici Intim (Mvts 1-3) by Vicente Asencio [12:41]
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Wiliam Kanengiser
1. The Miller’s Dance by Manuel deFalla (arr. W. Kanengiser) [25:28]
2. From “Sweet Ladyslipper” by Frank Wallace [33:10]
- Cantiga
- Pavane for a Dying Prince
- Zar
3. Please Thank Lyle Mays* by Mark Small (World Premiere) [44:22]
4. The Magic Serenade by Bryan Johanson [52:15]
5. From “The Bootlegger’s Tale”* by Bryan Johanson [59:34]
- Lament for a Broken Still
- Ode to Whiskey (with a couple of doubles)
6. “Hadrian’s Wall” from The Walls** by Sergio Assad [1:09:32]
Performed by William Kanengiser and the USC Guitar Orchestra
*dedicated to William Kanengiser
**The Walls was commissioned by William Kanengiser (with generous support of the Augustine Foundation and Soka University of America) and Thomas Offerman on behalf of the Bonner Meisterkonzerte Klassiche Gitarre (BMKG)
For anyone interested, there will be a public post-concert conversation at 9:30pm EST on Zoom with tonight's performers and other faculty. Please join the conversation here: [ Ссылка ]
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In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Boston Guitar Fest (June 28 - July 1) transformed itself into GFEST ONLINE, an entirely virtual event that re-imagines the festival in light of the realities forced on all of us by the virus. The online structure of the events enables international participation from around the globe in real time in an unprecedented and exciting new way.
The Festival honors the many courageous members of our community working on the front lines to keep the rest of us safe during the pandemic.
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